Graham: US should consider Olympic boycott over possible Snowden asylum

U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has suggested that the U.S. boycott the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, if NSA leaker Edward Snowden is granted temporary asylum in the country.
By Kasie Hunt and Kelly O'Donnell, NBC News (Jul 17)http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news...snowden-asylum

Besides, the Olympics are about the athletes and the spirit of competition...they have nothing to do with whatever political hoopla is the flavor of the week. If that was the case the US would have boycotted the Beijing games in 2008...IIRC the US isn't too crazy about some of China's policies.

I understand the reasoning, but politicians really need to keep politics out of sports. First of all, U.S. athletes typically are one of the top 3 nations in the medal standings. Second, they need to think about the moral and ethical part of this. For some athletes, this may be their only chance to go to the Olympics - should their potential Olympic glory be wiped away because politicians let politics mettle in sports? What about the athletes who have dreamed of going to the Olympics since they first started their sport (for instance, this is most likely Ashley Wagner's only/last chance to make the Olympic team that she's so desperately wanted to do) - should their dreams be wiped away because of politics?

most republicans don't like the idea of hollywood talking about politics..that they should stay away.. and yet here comes a republican senator asking the US olympic team to boycott sochi which has nothing to do about politics either.. so much hypocrisy..

and im sure team russia/putin doesn't really care if team US will be there or not.. they will probably gonna' say.. go ahead.. LOL!